On average, Black selective enrollment 11th grade students were nearly three times more likely to read at grade level compared to their peers in other CPS high schools. On average, 70.7 percent of Black students were proficient in reading in 2025 at selective enrollment high schools compared to 25.3 percent in other CPS high schools.
A largely unasked question is becoming glaring: Is Illinois doing all it should to use artificial intelligence to make government cost less and work better? So far, the evidence says no.
Maybe teachers pay should be based on student performance. Maybe then teachers would actually teach students.